Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, Sept. 25, 2026.
- Bryce Mitchell survives Mikey Musumeci in crossover freakshow at UFC BJJ 11 | Video: Mikey Musumeci did not look MMA-ready while getting slammed by “Thug Nasty” on his home turf.
- Israel Adesanya defends Michael ‘Venom’ Page: UFC ‘got it wrong’: I understand both sides here. Page is unwatchable at this stage, but he also remains one of the trickiest fighters in the sport. I just hope there’s one more highlight reel KO left in “MVP.”
- Alex Pereira teases big fight announcement: Assuming “Poatan” is truthful about remaining at Heavyweight, it has to be Sergei Pavlovich or Alexander Volkov, right?
Insomnia
This is going into the Hall of Fame of untrue Ali Abdelaziz quotes — Umar Nurmagomedov will shoot within the first three minutes of his next fight.
Look, I fully understand and sympathize that nobody is particularly excited about tomorrow’s UFC Vegas 121 card. It’s not good. BUT, let’s not forget that Raoni Barcelos is awesome.
New corner footage from Justin Gaethje vs. Ilia Topuria! It’s rare to see Trevor Wittman this intense.
I don’t mean to go full gossip column, but this is a wild development to the Dan Hooker saga.
I’m certain going international is the solution to GFL’s problems.
Congratulations to the Orolbai’s!
Any athletic commission that sanctions Nam Phan after all the publicly available evidence of his cognitive decline should be disbanded.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Another MMA fighter caught clean while on one leg:
This incredible high kick KO has Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes 1 vibes.
Breno read the movement and timed Kamikubo perfectly with this uppercut.
Random Land
Base jumping the Eiger:
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Midnight Music: Rock, 1997
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
